- the graffiti wall, down by the river
- secret beach I & II: find some driftwood, bricks, and trash & watch the tugboats
- good sandwiches @ Gramophone or Fozzie's
- inside the Insectarium!
- caves & mummies in Alton
- good Chinese @ House of Chen
- the Book House in Maplewood
- Cahokia Mounds Historic Site
- City Museum
- swings @ Tiemeyer Park & the Mariachi Men
- Bellefontaine Cemetery: William Lewis (of Lewis & Clark fame) is buried here & there's some cool architecture
- Mildred Kemper Lane Art Museum on Wash U's campus
things I've been wanting to try: Broadway Oyster Bar, Civil Rights exhibit at Missouri History Museum, karaoke @ Mangia Italiano,